# 1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

The 1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his second year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference and played their home games at the Bulter Street Gymnasium in their Cobble Hill, Brooklyn campus and at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Last season the Terriers were the first team in the New York City area to have a basketball game televised, and this season the Terriers had six games televised on WPIX and WOR-TV from the II Corps Artillery Armory.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| December 1, 1949* | vs. Alumni | W 64–57 | 1–0 | Butler Campus Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY |
| Regular Season |||||
| December 2, 1948* 9:00 pm, WOR-TV | Loyola (Baltimore) | W 67–60 | 1–0 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| December 7, 1949* | at Villanova | L 57–80 | 1–1 | Palestra (3,000) Philadelphia, PA |
| December 9, 1949 | Manhattan | L 57–71 | 1–2 (0–1) | II Corps Artillery Armory (2,000) Brooklyn, NY |
| December 14, 1949* | at Adelphi | W 90–62 | 2–2 | Garden City, NY |
| December 16, 1949* | at LeMoyne | W 78–68 | 3–2 | Coliseum Syracuse, NY |
| December 17, 1949* | at Siena | L 45–62 | 3–3 | (5,500) Albany, NY |
| December 19, 1949* | at Niagara | L 58–65 | 3–4 | Niagara Falls, NY |
| January 6, 1950 9:35 pm, WPIX | Fordham | L 51–56 | 3–5 (0–2) | II Corps Artillery Armory (1,198) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 11, 1950* | at Seton Hall | L 64–66 | 3–6 | Setonia Gymnasium (1,600) South Orange, NJ |
| January 13, 1950* 9:00 pm, WPIX | National Autonomous University of Mexico | W 94–59 | 4–6 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| January 26, 1950 | at No. 5 St. John's | L 46–65 | 4–7 (0–3) | DeGray Gymnasium (800) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 28, 1950* 9:00 pm, WOR-TV | Boston College | L 77–81 | 4–8 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| February 1, 1950* | at Kent State | L 70–78 | 4–9 | (6,000) Cleveland, OH |
| February 2, 1950* | at Akron | L 50–58 | 4–10 | Akron, OH |
| February 4, 1950* | at New Britain State Teachers College | W 59–54 | 5–10 | New Britain, CT |
| February 8, 1950 | No. 14 CCNY | L 46–68 | 5–11 (0–4) | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| February 11, 1950* | at Scranton | L 52–56 | 5–12 | Scranton, PA |
| February 13, 1950 | at Nevada | L 62–70 | 5–13 | (2,000) Reno, NV |
| February 15, 1950* | at Pepperdine | L 50–81 | 5–14 | Los Angeles, CA |
| February 18, 1950* | vs. Santa Clara | L 64–76 | 5–15 | Cow Palace San Francisco, CA |
| February 19, 1950* | at No. 12 San Francisco | L 42–73 | 5–16 | Kezar Pavilion San Francisco, CA |
| February 24, 1950* | Hawaii | W 76–54 | 6–16 | II Corps Artillery Armory (1,500) Brooklyn, NY |
| March 1, 1950* | at Iona | L 55–74 | 6–17 | Westchester County Center White Plains, NY |
| March 3, 1950* 9:30 pm, WPIX | No. 17 Toledo | L 73–85 | 6–18 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| National Catholic Invitation Tournament |||||
| March 29, 1950* | vs. Creighton First Round | W 67–66 | 7–18 | Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY |
| March 30, 1950* | vs. Iona Semifinals | W 62–61 | 8–18 | Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY |
| April 1, 1950* | at Siena Finals | L 50–57 | 8–19 | Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||

## National Catholic Invitation Tournament

Originally the tournament was to take place at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD from March 15 to March 22 and feature sixteen teams. Yet, because of segregation and protest from St. Francis College about the unequal treatment of its black players, the tournament was moved to Albany, NY and featured eight teams. Creighton was favored to win the tournament, although they had a 13–13 record going into the tournament the Bluejays had the toughest schedule of the eight competing teams.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| St. Francis (NY) | 67 | | |
| Creighton | 66 | | |
| Creighton | 66 | St. Francis (NY) | 62 |
| | | Iona | 61 |
| Iona | 71 | Iona | 61 |
| Saint Michael's | 55 | | | | |
| Saint Michael's | 55 | | | St. Francis (NY) | 50 |
| | | | | Siena | 57 |
| Loras | 59 | | | Siena | 57 |
| Saint Francis (PA) | 58 | | | | |
| Saint Francis (PA) | 58 | Siena | 75 | | |
| | | Loras | 55 | Third place | Third place |
| Siena | 86 | Loras | 55 | Third place | Third place |
| Providence | 49 | | | | |
| Providence | 49 | | | Loras | 55 |
| | | | | Iona | 52 |